Trope: Your new power is altering your DNA

[CrimsonGenius]

Character gets power. Some chapters/episodes in, its revealed their power is either harming them or slowly makes them into capybara hybrid.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Why a capybara?

 

[Cipiteca396]

Is this meant to be a prompt or a question?

 

[Rhaps]

I mean, becoming a capybara isn't the worst thing.

 

[3guanoff]

My MC can do it. I think the ability is only useful if you can actually control it. Otherwise, nah mate.

 

[NotOriginal]

It's called the Rodent-Rodent Fruit Model: Capybara

 

[CrimsonGenius]

Why a capybara?

Because reasons.

Is this meant to be a prompt or a question?

More of question. Is it a good idea to introduce the concept of your power doing something to your 20 chapters in the story?

 

[TheEldritchGod]

Because reasons.

More of question. Is it a good idea to introduce the concept of your power doing something to your 20 chapters in the story?

ALWAYS HAMSTRING YOUR MC.
Throw them against the rocks. Pound the surf into their soul. Lash the winds against their back. The more they suffer, the sweeter the victory,

 

[Chaos_Sinner777]

Dungeon Cores, ghosts in machines, and cosmic entities don't have DNA. Guess the Atlantean girl got somethin to worry about, but she wouldn't know what that is. Plus she's like, already a very human-like water dragon, in the first place.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

y0

 

[RepresentingCaution]

I'll stick with making milk.

 

[sanitylimited]

oh right. i read something similar. his powers changed his genes meaning their would be no problems impregnating his mum

 

[Erios909]

Congratulations!
You're new power lets you alter your DNA!
You make one change thinking of all kinds of cool things you can do now, and bam you're entire body is breaking down because making that one letter change in your DNA caused a cataclysmic chain reaction in the 3 billion base pairs, turning you into a (not for long) living cancer.
Unlike the overwhelming majority of abnormal DNA that ends with miscarriage, you will join those who suffer from serious genetic disorders for a short time, yet you will have the (mis)fortune of knowing that YOU are the only cause of your temporary suffering and own death.

 

[melchi]

Isn't this the premise for the fly?

 

[sanitylimited]

Congratulations!
You're new power lets you alter your DNA!
You make one change thinking of all kinds of cool things you can do now, and bam you're entire body is breaking down because making that one letter change in your DNA caused a cataclysmic chain reaction in the 3 billion base pairs, turning you into a (not for long) living cancer.
Unlike the overwhelming majority of abnormal DNA that ends with miscarriage, you will join those who suffer from serious genetic disorders for a short time, yet you will have the (mis)fortune of knowing that YOU are the only cause of your temporary suffering and own death.

ether i become a bullet proof imortal or die. ether way i no longer need to pay tax

its a win win situation

 

[CrimsonGenius]

How about if your new power extended your life by 8 decades?